List of Energy and the Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Davos Diary: The IMF Sees Dark Clouds Gathering Over the Global Economy
As the World Economic Forum opens, the IMF downgrades its global growth forecast for the next two years.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Tyranny of Distance
25 years after Desert Storm, America still hasn’t learned why it’s so difficult to win wars overseas.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Unfounded Fears About Iran’s Oil Sparks Steep Global Losses
World markets are tanking amid misplaced fears about Iran's oil flooding an already oversaturated market.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Missing the Peace for the Trees
Natural resources play a role in nearly half of the world's conflicts, but when it comes to ending wars, they're almost always forgotten.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cheap Oil Means the State of the Union Is … Not Great
Crude oil’s plunge would have been cause for celebration in years past. But falling prices today are hammering many of the states that enjoyed oil-fueled economic boom years.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The IPO to End All IPOs?
Oil is at its lowest price in a decade. So why is Saudi Arabia selling off part of its trillion-dollar oil company?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Astonishing Year for the War on Global Poverty
2015 ended with a flurry of groundbreaking summits that reinvigorated the fight to end poverty and halt climate change. In 2016, we must capitalize on these gains.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Unhappy New Year: The 10 Geopolitical Risks to Watch in 2016
From rising populism to stalling markets, here are the twists to watch for in the coming year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Next Front in the Saudi-Iran War
The two regional powers are at each other's throats. But Riyadh's next move won't be in Syria or Yemen -- it'll aim to hit Tehran where it really hurts.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Nuclear Test: How Far Will Beijing Go to Curtail North Korea’s Atomic Provocations?
The United States and other allies urge China to join a U.N. Security Council push to punish Pyongyang for flouting its repeated calls for an end to nuclear detonations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Prices Have Hit a 10-Year Low. They’re Not Going to Stay There.
With demand still growing and output finally shrinking, today’s cheap oil could nearly triple in price in coming years.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia and Iran Are at Each Other’s Throats. Why Are Oil Prices Falling?
So much crude is sloshing around the globe that even the prospect of growing Mideast unrest isn’t enough to spook oil traders.
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Medical personnel look for survivors following a reported airstrike on the Tariq al-Bab district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 1, 2014. Syrian government and opposition delegations leave 10 days of peace talks with few results and a follow-up meeting uncertain, but analysts and negotiators say the discussions are an important beginning. AFP PHOTO/Mohammed Al-khatieb (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images) What Will Be the Big Story of 2016?
From new flu strains to refugees to Obama’s final moments as U.S. president, FP’s Voices predict a year of big change and challenges.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the ‘Ninja Lanternshark’ Got Its Name
Four children and a shark researcher spoke in a Google Hangout. The rest is taxonomic history.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Final Lump of Coal in Britain’s Stocking
The closure of the last deep pit mine in the United Kingdom marks the end of an industry that built an empire.
